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GATT Disputes Data, 1948-1994</H1>
Data last updated:&nbsp; January 1, 1996.
<BR>This page updated:&nbsp; November 17, 1997.

<P>Compiler:

<P><A HREF="http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/">Eric Reinhardt</A>
<BR>Assistant Professor
<BR>Department of Political Science
<BR>Emory University
<BR>Atlanta, GA 30322
<BR>Voice: (404) 727-4977
<BR>Fax: (404) 727-4586
<BR>Email: <A HREF="mailto:erein@emory.edu">erein@emory.edu</A>
<BR>WWW: <A HREF="http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/">http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/</A>

<P>The GATT Disputes Data lists individual instances of dyadic trade disputes
conducted under the purview of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
between 1948 and 1994.&nbsp; See the following Web site for more information:
<A HREF="http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/data/#GATT">http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/data/#GATT</A>.

<P>The nucleus of this dataset was provided by Robert Hudec, <I>Enforcing
International Trade Law</I>.

<P>For complete documentation on case selection, coding criteria for all
variables, see Eric Reinhardt, <I><A HREF="http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/diss/diss.html">Posturing
Parliaments: Cooperating on Trade in an Uncertain World</A></I>, forthcoming
book ms, esp. chapter 4 and its appendices.
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The Files</H3>
The files related to this dataset are described below:
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<TD>gattdisp.por</TD>

<TD>SPSS portable (or export) file</TD>
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<TD>gattdisp.xls</TD>

<TD>Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file (v 3.0)</TD>
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<TD>gattdisp.dat</TD>

<TD>ASCII comma-delimited file</TD>
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<TD>gattdisp.dta</TD>

<TD>Stata data file (v 4.0)</TD>
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